At my old office, it was a 4,000 sq foot metal building. Just two doors. The local fire department would inspect local businesses to evaluate their fire safety. We were not doing anything with flammable materials. They asked my manager what steps we have in our fire safety procedure. Without hesitation he replied big steps toward the door yelling fire, fire fire, run run run, and calling 911. No fire fighting from us, that is the job of the fire department. We did have some fire extinguishers we might have tried on a small fire, but it was not part of a plan.
In 1967, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service communications operator John Dullinger was 1 of 79 employees who received messages over radio waves, sometimes in Morse Code and relayed messages. Before cell phones and WiFi, INS operators worked with a bank of radio and teletype equipment to transmit messages.
